HIV/Aids
Press Release - 29 Jun 2013
MSF applauds new WHO recommendations for accelerating HIV treatment
The international medical humanitarian organisation Doctors Without Borders (MSF) today welcomed new World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for HIV treatment.Press Release - 29 Jun 2013
Drug-resistant TB
Press Release - 20 Jun 2013
MSF reports promising results treating XDR-TB patients with linezolid in primary care, yet high prices prevent wider access
Despite growing rates of drug-resistant TB (DR-TB), and mounting global evidence on the effectiveness of linezolid in treating the disease, access to the drug in South Africa is limited due to high prices.Press Release - 20 Jun 2013
Drug-resistant TB
Report - 19 Jun 2013
"Emergency intervention at Mthatha depot: The hidden cost of inaction".
On 10 October 2012, staff at Mthatha depot in the Eastern Cape staged a strike, following which 29 individuals were suspended, leaving the depot with only 10 working employees.Report - 19 Jun 2013
Medical assistance to migrants and refugees in Greece
Doctors Without Borders (MSF) is an international, independent, medical humanitarian organisation that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, healthcare exclusion and natural or man-made disasters.Report - 19 Jun 2013
HIV/Aids
Press Release - 17 Jun 2013
Eastern Cape HIV drug stockouts: patients at risk
5 Months Later: Thousands of HIV & TB patients’ lives remain at risk as health department dithers on resolving Eastern Cape drug stock-outs.Press Release - 17 Jun 2013
Malaria
Press Release - 14 Jun 2013
South Sudan: 120,000 people in Pibor County cut off from aid
Thousands At-Risk of Death as Rainy and Malaria Season ApproachesPress Release - 14 Jun 2013
Sierra Leone
Fieldworkers Stories - 12 Jun 2013
Taking the wheel: Local nurse heads up ambulance fleet in Sierra Leone
MSF fieldworker and nurse, Chenai Mathabire, began working for MSF in her hometown of Harare. In May, she arrived back from her second international MSF assignment in Bo, Sierra Leone where she’s helped manage MSF’s ambulance service.Fieldworkers Stories - 12 Jun 2013
HIV/Aids
Fieldworkers Stories - 12 Jun 2013
Where are they now? Tygerberg paediatrician Dr Lisa Frigati
In the first instalment of a new feature, entitled "Where are they now?" MSF SA profiles former MSF fieldworker and Tygerberg Hospital paediatrician Dr Lisa Frigati to see what life holds for her after working with MSF.Fieldworkers Stories - 12 Jun 2013
Jordan
Press Release - 30 May 2013
Syrian refugees in Jordan: The limits of assistance
Nearly half a million Syrians are now refugees in Jordan, making up a third of the 1.5 million people who have fled the conflict in Syria to neighboring countries. More than 100,000 of them live in Zaatari camp, situated in the North of the country, less than 20 km from the Syrian border. Up until last month, one thousand refugees continued to arrive daily at the camp, which has become the largest camp for Syrian refugees in the region.Press Release - 30 May 2013
Access to Healthcare